Music-typewriter



Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Z SHEETS-SHEET I.

a. C. NORTHER.

MUSIC TYPEWRITER.

AFPLICATION FILED MAYI7 '|9|6.

1,327,840. Patented Jan.13,l920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- vention applied thereto;

sans PATENT FFICEQ CHARLES NiiRTHER, OF TURIN', ITALY, A'ss-iGNoR To oHARLE's oE HERue c11 1., or

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MUSIC-TYPEWRITER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES NoRTHER, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at 47 Via San Quintino, at Turin, in Italy, have in vented new and Improved Music-Type-..

writers, of which the following is a specification.

i The present invention relates to. typewriters and more particularly to an attachment for ordinary typewriters wherein music notes and other musical characters may be typewritten and an object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character with a paper holding carriage having a rectilinear movement in a. horizontal plane whereby musical signs or notes may be typewritten upon a sheet in different positions of the musical scale, that is to say, indifferent lines or in different spaces.

\Vith the above and other objects in View which will hereinafter appear as the de scription continues, the invention consists of the novel features of construction,-com{ bination and formation of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been shown the simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details herein exhibited,

but the right is hereby reserved to any changes, alterations or modifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope of the claims without departin from the spirit of the invention or sacrificlng the efficiency of the same;

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatical side elevation of a portion of an ordinary typewriter having an embodiment of'the present in- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation showing the shift levers in their various positions when operated;

- Fig. 4 is an enlarged end view of the auxiliary platen carrying carriage or table;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section through the-same; and,

Fig. 6 isa modification, Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings wherein like and corresponding parts are designated by simi- Specification of Letters Patent.-, "Patented Jan, 13, 1920, Application filed May 17. 1916. Serial as. 98,043.

lar reference characters eral views. a

A diagrammatical representation of. an ordinary typewriting machine is, shown herein, comprising a frame 1 having a track 3 supported thereon upon which travels the usual carriage frame l which is adapted to traverse the frame in the usual manner. This carriage l is provided with the usual escapement rack 7 and the latter is adapted to be brought into operative engagement with the usual -es ca-pement mechanism whereby the carriage will be caused to travel step by step in the usual manner across'the frame of the machine. The typewriteris alsopro-vided withfthe usual keyboard-38, keys and escapement-mechanism, whereby upon suitably depressing said keys, the carthroughout the sevriages 4 and 8 will be brought into action together with said escapement-mechanism,

the carriage 8 traveling transversely of the carriage 4, as called for in performlng the printing operation- 1n this type of machines.

In the diagrammatical view of the type writer both the type and the bars for supporting the same, escap'ement mechanism and other parts of an ordinarytypewriter,

which do not form the subjectvniatter of the present invention are not shown as :they are thought to be unnecessary and anyone skilled within the art will readily-understand their construction and operation.

" The purpose of the present invention is to I provide a paper holding carriage having a rectilinear movement so that the type when operated in the usual manner w1ll' prmtupon the paper music notes or signs.

versely of the movement of the carriage 4. J ournaled within this auxiliary carriage Sisa platen 14 having secured to its opposite ends theihand wheels 16 whereby the platenmay be manually rotated in the usual manner. The front and rear ends of this carriage 8 are open so that the paperwhen being fed to the machine passes from the rear end to the front end of the carriage and then between the rollers 19 and 20.

ated.

The paper then passes over the top of the carriage 8 below the guides 13 and then passes over the platen le'below the roller 15 and subsequently rests upon the 'pr0]ecting guide arms 21. In this manner of feeding the paper to the carriage a portion of the paper is stretched out over the top of the carriage, thereby permitting the type to strike at various positions upon the platen 14: during its rectilinear movement and also it will be noted that by the arrangement of these rollers, sheets of various lengths may be accommodated. The shafts carrying the platen 1- and rollerQO may be connected through the gearing 5 as illustrated in Fig. 1!, so that upon the rotation of the platen roller the rollers 15 and 20 will also be caused to revolve for carrying the paper through the auxiliary car: 'riage frame.

To give to the auxiliary carriage frame this rectilinear movement, I provide the shifting levers 28 which are pivotally connected as at 29 to the frame 1 and at one end these leversare provided with the lteys QTwhich seat within the frame 1 adjacent to the key board of the typewriter, whereas the opposite ends of these setting levers are provided with the up-turned portions each having mounted in its upper end an antitriction roller 30. Pivotally mounted as at .3& is a pair of "ertically extending spacing arms 33 having their upper ends connected by means of a bar 26. Also connected to the arms 33 is an inverted ll-shaped frame comprising two inclined walls 31 and 32 respectively. By depressing the sets of keys 2? the rollers 30 are cause to engage the inclines or planes 31' and 32, resulting in transmitting transverse motion to the paper holding carriage. Connected to the oppo site ends ofthe auxiliary carriage 8 are the brackets 23 and these brackets are'connected by means oi a rod 22. Arm 2% is connected to the rod 22 by means of a suitable universal joint (not shown) to permit up and down movement when the shifting keys are operl-tn arm 2t is connected to the medial portion of this rod 22 and the outer or free end of this arm 24 is provided with a pair of rollers 1'25 which are/held in slidable engagement with the rod 26. From this it is obvious that upon the swinging movement of the arms the carriage 8will be caused to move upon the carriage tin a transverse direction to the movement of the carriage l. To properly maintain the carriage in shifted position, one of the 3.3 is pro vided with an. angular extension which has a se nental rack on free end. The

met/e40 From the foregoing it is obvious that by providing this attachment to an ordinary typewriter, the paper holding'carriage can be moved transversely as well as longitudinally, that is it may be'moved in a direction perpendicular to its usual directions of travel, and'the paper may thus be brought into the proper position for receiving one of the notes either on one of the lines or in a space between two lines.

lln Fig. 6 of the drawings, I have illustrated a slightly modified form of the invention which may be used on typewriters. wherein the carriage travels in a vertical plane instead of in a horizontal plane and the types of the typewriter strike against a vertically supported platen or paper sheet. The auxiliary paper holding table 8' is supported so as to travel in a vertical plane and the weight of this carriage and the parts connected therewith may be balanced by one or more coil springs 43. The swinging arms 33' carrying the walls 31' and 32 are provided with the angular extensions 4- andone end of each extension is connected to a link 45. The upper end of this link is con- :nected to a bar -l-6 carried by the carriage 8. The levers 28 are for swinging the arms 33 and the other parts of the machine are analogous to the examples as shown in the Y firsttembodiment of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatl claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y 1. The combination with a typewriter having a movable carriage mounted thereupon. an auxiliary platen holding carriage slidably mounted upon said movable car-- riage, a. pair of swinging arms, inclined walls carried by said arms, levers adapted to engage said walls for swinging said arms and means for connecting said arms to said auxiliary carriage substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

2. The combination with typewriter having a movable carriage slidably mounted thereon, an auxiliary platen holding carriage slidably mounted on said movable carriage, a pair of swinging arms, inclined walls carried by said arms. levers adapted to engage said walls for swinging said arms, means for connecting said arms to said auxiliary carriage and means carried by one of said arms for maintaining said auxiliary carriage in adjusted position.

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